Combination awning and shade



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COMBINATION AWNING AND SHADE Filed Jun 24, 1927 Patented May 27, 1930UNITE sA'res enonen w. MILLER, or oKLAHoMA PATENT OF COMBINATION AWNINGAND SHADE Application filed June 24,

This invention relates to new and useful improvement of combinationawning and shade for use upon automobiles and the like for protectingthe occupants from the sun and rain. The object of this invention is theprovision of a suitable ratchet arm adjustably mounted upon the-lowerend of a fiat plate and a spring actuated awning operatively attached tothe upper end of said plate distant from the ratchet arm, so that thetension of the spring actuated awning urges the ratchet into engagementthrough the medium of the spring actuated awning having its free endattached to the bail, and bail to i ratchet arm. Another object is theurging of Fig. 2.

- Fig. 4: is a detail view of the bail which holds the outer edge of theawning, the inner ends of which form a part of the ratchet lockingmeans. At 1 and 1 are shown the jambs of the opening on which the flatplates 2 and 3 are mounted, and held in position thereon by means ofscrews which are passed through the openings 7 and 8, and 13 and 13 andscrewed into the ambs l and 1 and between the fiat plates 2 and 3. isplaced a roller 5 on which is mounted a shade or awning curtain &,thesaid roller 5 being a spring actuated roller with pins at either endsuch as 15' which seat in theholes 15 in the flat plates 2 and 3. On thelower end of the flat plates is a ratchet lock 16, having a round pinextending between the member 16 and 14 on which is mounted an arm 17,having two right-angle bends and a hole in each of said bends. The endsof the U-shaped bail rods 6 pass through said holes 19, 19 and rest inthe ratchet teeth on the members 16 and are held there under pressurethrough a spring on the roller 5 which exerts its pres- 1927. 1 SerialNo. 201,126.

sure on awning i having its free end attached tobail6.' Spring 22mounted on said bailends between the outer bendsot arms 17 and abutmentplates 18 held by cotter pins 19 in holes 19, 19 in the bail. ends 10and 21.

To the bail 6 is connected the lower end of the curtain or awning 1.

The operation of this apparatus is as fol lows: By taking hold of thebail rod 6 and pushing downward to any of the positions determined bythe ratchet teeth on the mem bers 16 an awning curtain will be drawndown and spring 22 be seated between the ratchet teeth in member 16 andhold the bail in that position, thereby holding the awning 4, as shownin Fig. 1 or by the dotted line 4 in Fig.2. This slanted position is onthe outside of the opening. If this awning is to be used as a shade 011the inside of the glass the bail 6 is pulled inward instead of being 7pushed out,and the ends of the rods 10 and 21 will ride around on thesmooth curved surface of the member 16, and rest in the lower-most notchin the member 16, thereby holding the shade 4 in a lowered position 7 onthe inside of the glass. 1

Such modifications may be made as lie within the scope of the amendedclaims.

Having thus described my invention that I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. In the awning structure a pair of parallel plates having holes at oneend for mounting a spring roller, pins fixed to the other end of saidplates, a ratchet fixed on each pin and spaced from its plate, an armpivotally mounted. on each pin between the plate and the ratchet, eacharm extending outwardly in a plane parallel to the plane of its platefor a short distance, then having two bends to form an offset portion,the free end being again bent back 90', there being a hole in each bentportion, a U-shaped ball having each end passing through the holes ofthe respective arm, and bearing against the ratchet, spring means urgingeach end into engagement With the respective ratchet, and an awningcurtain secured at one end to said roller and at the other to the baseof the bail.

2.. In the awning structure a pair of parallel plates havin holes at oneend for mounting a spring rol er, pins fixed to the other end of saidplates, a ratchet fixed on each pin and spaced from its plate, an armplvotally mounted on each pin between the plate and the ratchet, eacharm extending outwardly in a plane parallel to the plane of its platefor a short distance, then having two bends to form an offset portion,the free end being again bent back 90, there being a hole in each bentportion, a U-shaped bail having each end passing through the holes ofthe respective arm, and bearing against the ratchet, a spring mountedoneach end of said U-shaped bail between said first mentioned 90 bendsfor urging each end into engagementwith the respective ratchet, and anaWning curtain secured at one end to said roller and at the other to thebase of the bail.

GEORGE W. MILLER.

